http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/12/garden/12purple.html?_r=1AFTER a long day at work, Chuck Abare, 63, a computer designer, likes to sit on the porch of his two-story ranch house on the outskirts of Huntsville, Ala., drink a gin and tonic, and watch the antics of the purple martins winging around his backyard.
Continued...slide show also. Amazing birdhouses.